Kaduna State government has steadily moved from Federal allocation committee to an independent state.
The Accountant general of the state, Shizzer Nasara Barda disclosed this during the presentation of the Citizens’ Accountability Report in Kaduna.
According to her, despite the Covid -19 pandemic, which led to the closes of businesses and offices, they were able to navigate through uncharted waters and grow its Internal generated Revenue (IGR).
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“Today, I am happy to say that against all odds, the state emerged victorious with the state’s IGR in 2020 at over 50.7b. This is terms of FAAC to IGR is at 40.9%, which indicates a steady shift for FAAC dependency to a self-sustaining state”, she said.
She added that the capital execution rate in 2020 stood at approximately 90%, noting this is the first of its kind in today’s cooperate Nigeria.
In his remarks, the head of Governance leadership and advocacy of the Association for leadership, peace, empowerment and development (CALPED), Yusuf Gone, said the presentation is essential because citizens have information that will help them engage constructively, they cannot hold government accountable.
He explained the launching on the platform has three objectives, which includes; creating awareness of the Citizens’ accountability reports, an avenue for the government to present to the public what they have done in terms of actualisation of resources and to get citizens feedback, validation that this template would hold government accountable.
